From A to Z Odyssey loves
games. We believe that learning should be fun and what better way to have
fun then with these featured products? If you live in Greater Cincinnati
or Northern Virginia, take advantage of our game fairs and learn to play
these favorite educational games. Just email us your Name and Number and
we will contact you to schedule a party; email
us at info@odysseylearning.com.
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123 OY!
(123OY) $9.95 Ages: 6 and up 2 - 6 players
Ten amazing, adaptable and fun math games for any age level from
preschool through adult. Players race to find a combination of two
or more cards in their hand, using addition, subtraction or both
to equal the target number. The first player to do so puts the cards
on the table and calls OY! The goal is to win the most cards on
the table.
Abalone
(142625) $29.95 Ages: 8 and up 2 players
This classic Mensa award winning game is back on our website after
a long absence. We are pleased to have a new source for one of our
all-time favorite strategy games. "Easy to play; difficult
to win."
Can You See What I See? (5517) $14.95 Ages: 4 and up 2- 6 players
If you are familiar with Walter Wick's I Spy books, you
are aware of how children enthusiastically look for bright colorful
objects in photographic pictures. Those same vibrant images are
used in this card game. 10 - 12 "Keep Me" cards are dealt to each
player and placed face up in front of them. Turns are taken to place
a "Find Me" card face up from the draw pile. Players look at their
"Keep Me" cards to see if that object appears. If it is "spied,"
it goes in their "Keep Me" pile. The first player to collect all
of his cards into the "Keep Me" pile wins the game. (Directions
for an 8 and up version are also included.)
Castle Logix (2953) $26.95 Ages: 5 & up 1 player
The player constructs castles and towers block by block using the
puzzle booklet for a guide. There are 48 challenges with 4 levels
of difficulty. (Seven wooden castle pieces) It is also fun to combine
pieces with Royal Rescue (see below) for extra creativity among
several children.
Chaos (36033) $24.95
Ages: 8 & up 2 players
A strategy game with a wooden play board and 24 discs. Take turns
stacking discs; any stack with 4 discs is redistributed in all 4
directions around it - resulting in "chaos." The goal
is to be the first to have all discs on the board. Already promising
to be a favorite.
Chips (3007) $5.95
Ages: 7 & up 2 or more players Great Math game! Adding and subtracting to match chips. Each
player in turn, removes chips to match the total roll of the dice,
continuing until chips do not match. After 3 rounds, the player
with the lowest score wins. Easy, Fast, and Fun!
Chocolate Fix (1530)
$17.95 Ages: 8 and up 1 Player
This logical deduction game challenges the player to correctly place
the "candy" on a grid using the clues provided on one of 40 mind
challenge cards. Challenges range from beginner to expert. It promises
to feed chocolate cravings for hours.
Clever Castle
(1540) $17.95 Ages 4 and up 1 player
Each
of nine Royal party guests has a place in Clever Castle. Picture
clues on challenge cards determine where each guest belongs. As
difficulty levels progress, problem solving skills narrow down the
possibilities gtg (40 challenge cards ranging from Easy to Super
hard are included). This is an excellent puzzle for building critical
thinking skills using a popular castle theme.
ColorKu
(CLKU) $29.95
Ages: 8 to adult 1 player
It's Sudoku in color! Choose one of over 100 puzzles included ranging
from simple to challenging - to really tough. Place the 81 colored
wood balls in their designated places on the wooden puzzle board.
A solution booklet is included.
CrossWise
(36238) $19.95 Ages 8 and up 2 - 4 players
"Cross Wits" with your opponent as one of you
attempts matching 3 or more shape tiles across the rows while the
other does the same with up and down columns.. Each tile you place
may be a scoring tile for your opponent. This game is easy to learn,
fun to play, and difficult to win. It has all of the ingredients
for an excellent strategy game - but chance is not ruled out either
as each player blindly takes tiles from the grab bag on each turn.
Scoring is also clever with values changing with the number of same
or different colors/shapes.
Ducks in a Row (6000) $11.95 Ages 6 and
up 2 players A quick strategy game for young players. Duck pawns
are placed on the side of the pond according to color. The goal
is to get 4 duck lined up in a row without jumping any. It is fast,
fun, and competitive. Excellent for critical thinking and problem
solving.
Equate (Equate)
$29.95 Ages: 8 to adult 2 to 4 players Have fun creating equations
crossword-style while honing math skills from simple addition to
fractions and algebraic logic. Great for classroom and family challenges.
Includes 190 tiles, a 23 page booklet with math review, and 4 fences
for hiding tiles.
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Gobblet
(GOBB) $29.95 Ages: 6 and up 2 players
You will love this award-winning wooden strategy game! Choose a
color and arrange your globblets in 3 stacks of 4 each. It's as
easy to learn as Tic-Tac-Toe, but each game is unique as you make
the decision to put a new gobblet on the board, move one already
there, or gobble up any smaller size gobblet. Be the first to align
4 gobblets in a row.
Hexago
Continuo (hex36) $9.95 Ages 8 and up 1 to 4 players There is
only one rule, but many different ways to score. Match as many colors
and/or numbers of the hexagons to receive the highest score per
round. Players stack 8 hexagons from the 36 face down in the middle.
The player places the top 4 in her hand and uses them to create
her highest score. A scorekeeper keeps score with the highest scorer
winning the game. This game is a clever twist on the best sellers:
Continuo and Continuo Rhombo.
Hoppers (6700) $12.95
Ages: 6 and up 1 player
The classic peg-solitaire jumping game, "The Great Thirteen," is
now a rich, multilevel playing experience! With a lily-pad playing
surface, 12 adorable Happy Hopper frogs, and 40 original puzzle
challenges. Players place frogs on the pond to match a challenge
card, then hop frogs over each other until there's only one left.
Limited quantities
Hoppers Jr. (6702) $17.95 Ages 4 and
up 1 player
Hop up, down, left, righ, or diagonally to remove
frogs from the grid. It is colorful, attractive, and has large pieces
for small hands. There are 40 challenge cards with progressive difficulty,
building confidence in strategy building. This game is sure to be
even a greater hit with the young set as the original Hoppers.
How
Tall Am I? (J5010) $14.50 Ages:
3 to 8 2 - 4 players
Roll the dice and stack
the parts to create a crazy character (30 different pieces to choose
from). Measure your character. If it is the tallest, you win!
Oops
(F-303243) $19.95 Ages: 7 and up 1 player
In this delightful, deceptively simple logic puzzle game, the player
attempts to assemble Simon, the "scattered magician."
Challenge cards are of escalating levels of difficulty, providing
many hours of fun.
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Pentago
(pent) $24.95
Ages: 8 and up 2 players
This is a fast and fun strategy game that is simple and sophisticated
at the same time. The object is to create a row of 5 marbles in
any direction, but the mind twisting part is that you will also
twist one of the 4 game blocks as part of your move - thus constantly
changing the game board. Game of the year in Sweden. Has already
won several awards in US.
Pixel
(pixel) $24.99
Ages: 6 and up 2 - 4 players
A cross action strategy game for the whole family. Move one slider
and place your piece in the intersection. Three in a row wins, but
watch out for your opponent using the slider location to his/her
advantage.
Quadrago
(quad) $29.95
Ages: 8 and up 2 players
From the creator of award-winning Pentago, this fast paced, 3-dimensional
strategy game promises to be "mind-twisting." A twist of the middle
section of the wooden playing board is part of each move and adds
another dimension to this challenging, but fun strategy game.
Quiddler (73639) $11.95
Ages: 8 and up 1 - 8 players
The challenge is to arrange all of the cards in your hand into words.
High Score wins, so try to use those high point letters - but don't
get caught with them uncombined. There are 8 rounds of play, beginning
with 3 cards in your hand and progressing to 10.
Quoridor
(22089) $29.95 Age: 6 and up. 2 or 4 Players In Quoridor, the
aim is to get your pawn across to the opposite side of the playing
board. But should you move your pawn or put up a fence to slow down
your opponent? Choices don't come easy in this game of mazes and
madness.
Qwirkle
(32016) $24.95
Ages: 6 and up 2 to 4 players
This is a quick-thinking, "award-winning," strategy game with 106
wooden shape/color blocks. Create rows and columns of matching colors
and shapes. However, a line of color can have only one of each shape;
a line of shapes can have only one of each color (a Qwirkle" is
6 blocks meeting these criteria). When there are no more blocks
to draw, the first player to use all of his/her blocks ends the
game.
Limited Quantities
Rat-a-Tat
CatDeluxe (00205) $12.95
Ages: 5 and up 2 - 4 players
Get rid of the rats and go for the cats! Players of all ages will
delight over this card game of strategy, memory and a little luck.
Sneak a peek, draw two or swap for an added twist. A Bonus Super
Peek allows you to spy on opponents' cards! Win by having your cards
add up to the lowest number.
Royal
Rescue (2956) $26.95
Ages: 4 and up 1 player The princess and the knight are
locked in separate towers. The player helps get them together by
building a rescue route using a bridge, a path, or other architectural
wonders. 48 multi-level puzzle challenges stretch a player's spatial
reasoning abilities and logical thinking skills. It encourages the
creativity of play in the fantasy world of a magical kingdom.
Ruckus (F02) $9.95
Ages: 6 & up 2 to 4 players
This is a matching game with a twist of capturing opponent's matching
sets on the table during a turn while getting rid of all cards in
one's hand. A quick, fun game!
Rumis
(RUMIS) $29.95
Ages: 8 and up 2 - 4 players
This exciting game of 3-dimensional strategy is inspired by the
architecture of Inca monuments! Players construct buildings one
stone at a time, strategically placing their stones to prevent opponents
from having the most visible colored stones. The player with the
most stones visible from above wins!
Rush HourDeluxe (5050) $24.95
Ages: 8 & up Individual puzzle
A sliding block puzzle designed to challenge sequential thinking
skills. Contains 40 puzzle cards with four levels of play. "No drivers
license required". Indiv. play.
Rush Hour Jr. (5030) $17.95
Ages: 6 - 8 1 Player
Young players can experience of the fun and challenge of steering
through traffic in their icecream truck. 40 less difficult age-appropriate
challenges to captivate and challenge young minds.
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Sequence
for Kids (SEQKD) $14.95 Ages: 3 to 6 2 - 4 players
Play a card from your hand, then place your chip on a corresponding
animal on the board. When you have 4 chips in a row, it's a sequence
and you win!
Sequence
Numbers (8012) $23.95 Ages 7 - adult
2 - 6 players A new twist to the very popular Sequence game. Each
card has an addition or subtraction equation.. .the gameboard has
the answers. Match a card to the correct answer on the board and
place your chip there. Groups of numbers are color-coded to help
with number recognition. When you have 5 of your chips in a row,
you have a sequence. One sequence wins for 2 - 3 players; two sequences
win for 4 - 6 players. This is a clever way to practice addition
and subtraction facts - and it's fun!
Set (set) $11.95
Ages: 5 and up 2 or more players
Each player looks for sets of 3 cards. Each card is unique
in its four attributes: Number, symbol, shading, and color. A set
consist of 3 cards on which each feature is either the same or different.
The player with the most sets wins. Winner of 6 Best Game Awards
Set
Cubed (8000) $19.95
Ages: 6 and up 2 - 4 players Your favorite Mensa award winning game is now available
in a new format! Create "SETs' up, down, and across the board using
dice. The more SETs' you create on your turn, the higher your score
(using up to 3 dice from your hand, including "wild" dice, plus
dice already on the board). 42 dice are included with a cloth bag.
Shapes
Up (SHPUP) $24.95 Ages: 5 and up 2 - 4 players
An exciting, fast-paced strategy game! Players fit colorful "Tangram"
shapes together to form squares on their player boards. Roll the
die and choose the piece it shows you. A "hand symbol" allows you
to take a piece from another player. Be the first to fill up your
board and yell "Shapes Up" to win.
Slap
Wacky (MSG11) $12.95
Ages: 6 and up 2 - 6 players
This is a fast paced game with all players creating patterns of
4 at the same time, slapping to claim a set when complete. Players
try for the most sets - and the most points - to win.
Smart Mouth (5530) $19.95
Ages: 6 - adult 2 or more players
The guick-thinking game where players go head-to-head in a fast-paced,
hilarious game of action. Individually or in teams, players slide
the Letter Getter device forward and back to reveal two lettered
tiles. The first player to spot and shout out a word of at least
five letters, beginning with the first letter tile (orange) and
ending with the second letter tile (green), receives those two tiles.
Player(s) with the most tiles at the end wins.
S'Match!
(7911) $19.95 Ages 4 and up 1 - 3
players This memory game includes a clever spinner that dictates
what match the player will be looking for. The categories are: color,
number, and category (toys). 30 picture cards are systematically
placed face down in the middle. Players lift two cards and try to
get a match using the spinner. It is fast paced and perfect for
building awareness of memory building in the very young. (A footnote:
I lost against my 5 year old grandson.)
Spectrangle (2965) $29.95
Ages: 8 & up 2 - 4 players
This is a fast-paced game of skill and numbers. Stragetically place
your game pieces "Tanges" on the game board where they'll
earn you the most points when multiplied with matching sides. The
player with the highest score when no Trangs can be placed on the
board wins.
Stack (2400) $17.95
Ages: 6 & up 2 - 4 players
Players take turns placing one of their dice on top one of someone
else's showing the same number (maximum of 4 in a stack). Each player
counts the top dice of his/her color (1's are worth 10 pts.) The
highest score wins.
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Tangoes
(Tang) $12.50 Ages: 5 to adult Individually
or in pairs
It is based on the 4,000 year old Chinese tangram puzzle. It combines
artistic and mathematical elements to enhance visual ability. An
excellent tool that helps develop problem solving and teamwork skills.
Highly recommended for girls who do not have intrinsic problem solving
characteristics embedded in their histories.
Tangoes
Jr. (JRT001) $24.95 Ages: 4 and up 1 player
Large magnetic puzzle pieces, double sided cards with classic tangram
images, and a unique playing and storage case, make this puzzle game
perfect for preschoolers! This award winning tango puzzle builds fine
motor skills, visual discrimination, cognitive abilities, and pre-math
skills.
Tangoes
Jr.Animal PK (JRT011) $7.00
Ages: 4 and up
1 player
Each pack contains ten additional cards for more hours of fun.
Tangoes
Jr.Objects PK (JRT013) $7.00 Ages: 4 and up 1 player
Each pack contains
ten additional cards for more hours of fun.
Tangoes
Jr.People PK (JRT012) $7.00 Ages: 4 and up 1 player
Each pack contains
ten additional cards for more hours of fun.
Thing-a-ma-Bots
(5211) $5.95 Ages: 6 and up 2 - 6 players.
This "name it to claim it" card game is a fast-paced memory bender.
Turn over a card, give the robot a name, and when it shows up again,
the first to shout its name collects it. Collect the most robots
to win the game.
Ticks Tacks Toes (2850) $24.95 Ages 4 and up 2 -
4 players Tic Tac Toe just got more challenging! Players take turns
placing 3D ticks, tacks, and toes on the game board. Easy rules
- in fact, our 4 year old granddaughter won a game this past weekend
- however, there are strategies involved when attempting to create
a string of "Tic, Tac, and Toe" in a row. Players collect tokens
for each string, and yes, all tokens on the board are for all to
use. The player with the most tokens wins. It is very friendly for
2, 3 or 4 players.
Too Many Monkeys (241) $9.95 Ages 5 - adult 2 - 6
players Each player is dealt 6 cards in front of him face down.
During each round, the players choose a card from the face down
pile or the discard pile and place it in the position that matches
the number he drew. The player may continue matching positions if
the card he switches it for is not face up already. There are 6
"wild" cards that instruct the player to manipulate his cards. The
first player to order his cards (1 - 6) wins. It is a fast paced
game focusing on numbers and building awareness of strategies using
the "wild" cards
What's
Gnu (WGNU) $19.95
Ages: 4 - 8 2 - 6 players
This three-letter word game spells FUN! Spread out the Word Starter
cards, each having one letter and two blanks. Slide the Letter Getter
to magically reveal two letter tiles and start filling in the blanks
to make words. Everyone plays at the same time, trying to make the
most words before the tiles run out. Great for vocabulary building!
Wise Alec (alec) $24.95 Ages 8 - adult 2 or more
players We all remember the fun of playing Trivial Pursuit. Wise
Alec uses a similar format geared to knowledge garnered in the classroom/living.
After determining the criteria for winning the game (3 options),
players take turns answering questions (History, Science, or Spelling)
determined by the color of board square they land on. Each card
is worth 3 or 7 points (determined before question is asked) and
Wise Alec cards have points printed on the card. Players keep track
of their own points; the first player to receive the designated
number (not by where the pawn is on the board) wins. Wise Alec is
a multi-generational, family party game of trivia, tongue twisters,
and sassy social strategy. The game has a variety of brainteaser
challenges, silly-natured abstracts, and personal behaviors that
allow players of various ages and
Wizard
(WIZ) $9.95 Ages: 10 - adult 3 to 6 players. A personal
favorite but not necessarily an educational game. Wizard is a trumps
and bidding game. In the first round, each player gets one card;
therefore, one trick is possible. Everyone bids, with a penalty
if the bid is over or under the actual number of tricks taken. In
each consecutive round, one more card is dealt, and therefore, one
more trick is available. The score card makes scoring a breeze.
Word
Storm (2916) $29.95 Ages 8 and up
2 - 8 players What is neat about this game is everyone plays at
the same time. It is a tile-grabbing, crossword-style race game
that is fun for all. Players build words vertically and horizontally,
using letters drawn from the pile - and can rearrange letters at
any time. There are many clever twists to the game - including "word
storm" tiles. First player to correctly complete a crossword, wins.
As three of us played it this past weekend, I was pleased that it
felt as if you were competing against yourself, versus the other
players. Truly a thought provoking game..
Zingo (7700) $19.95
Ages: 3 & up 2 to 4 players
A fast paced variation of bingo -
matching picture tiles from the "Zingo Zinger" on your
board.
